How do you defend the indefensible.
You’ve got to be able to take sledging off an opponent in professional sport.
There was a minimum ban of 6 matches set, he’s possibly pleaded not guilty to get the extra match.
We knew what we were getting but probably expected him to be banned for levelling an opponent.
As for it being a joke of a ban, I don’t want to trawl back years but this board hanged, drawn and quartered Hardaker for slurring Michael Monaghan and want him banned forever.

The irony is he'd have probably got less by throwing half a dozen right hooks which is ridiculous

Pretty convinced it was before the Mata’uia try.
I mentioned it to my mate in the North Stand that McGuire was arguing with Leigh player and he was still at it after the Curry try.
If this is the case and I’m not sure, the coaching team should have had him off the field, half expecting him to kick off on the Leigh player. Punching him not for calling him

I'm finding it harder and harder to love this sport and I'm definitely becoming more indifferent to watching games. Every season there seems to be another nail securing the lid of the coffin

The incident with Hardaker, was with James Child.

He later claimed that his remarks were aimed at Monaghan, but Child and all the other players on the pitch, new that they weren`t.

I was wondering if it started after the 40 20, there was a coming together randomly during that

There had to be some sort of punishment, otherwise there’s no deterrent. But this sets a precedent now.

Also, I guess we’ll see what sort of bans are handed out when a player deliberately tries to injure another. Working on what happens in the ‘real world’ you’d expect a massively worse punishment than this for attempting to injure or maim.

I thought they'd make an example of him, fair enough he shouldn't have called him a Spastic but in the grand scheme of things is that really worth a 7 match ban?

I suppose you can now reverse the saying sticks and stones may............................................

Tell that to my dad, he always used to say, sticks and stones will break my bones, but words can never hurt me, and then he died when he fell into a printing press.

Could have been. It was certainly a lot earlier than when he actually got sent off. The expletive could have been right at the end though.
If it was after the coming together the ref should be nailing it in the bud and if that doesn’t control him the coaching team should be replacing him